My musings on our homeschool, coop, figuring out what my educational philosophy is anyway, and will I ever make curtains for the rest of the appartment?
M has been teaching K how to wink, and enjoying the Nerf guns Uncle Warren gave him and B. On our Sunday walk through Oak Knoll Audubond Sanctuary, K walked a mile without asking to be carried. (Then she fell Continue reading Photos of M and K this Spring so far
Pretty I love the tulips with the emerging peony stalks. Happy B successfully potted on his seedlings. K drew her first symbolically representational face – it’s a dinosaur with hair and a happy face. It took me 9 shots to Continue reading Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real
Sunday morning, three year old K tried very hard, with her vocabulary frustrating her, to tell me that she wanted a soft boiled egg. I’d never eaten one, let alone cooked one, but after tears, pantomime, and M translating I Continue reading Soft Boiled Eggs AKA “Eggies in shell wi’ ‘poon!”
We often greet K with, “Is that my K-girl?” Sometimes she will hug me and my Mom at the same time and say, “We the girls!”
K (wailing from just outside the bathroom door) “I AM in bed!” M, as he glues die cut letters to the Jr FLL team tri-fold board, “Which letter comes first?” because they had gotten bumped on the floor, and he Continue reading Direction Challenge
“Hey-Hi, Hey-Hi!” It sounds as pretty as birdsong.
We had 5 books waiting for us at the library – so even though the kid’s noses are still drippy, we walked to the park and library. Of course, the library opens at 11:30AM on Thursdays, so we had a Continue reading Thaw
A photo of K using up old patterned paper, and wielding my punches Continue reading Where My Extra Scrapbooking Stuff Goes
I was going to title this post “Transitional Angst” but that’s a bit dramatic. K is hitting the frustrating spot between toddlerhood and preschoolerness – potty doesn’t click, she has to learn to wait patiently, or at least not scream Continue reading Transitional Discomfort
K was fine with walking behind her brothers, until she saw how far ahead they’d gotten. I wondered if these tracks were chipmonk or mouse DH was so hot when we were done hiking out, because K fell asleep on Continue reading Saturday Walk
I just needed to write lists today…I used one of K’s big pieces of construction paper, so that my lists could spill sideways and make more lists. Usually my brain dump days start at 4AM when I wake up worried, Continue reading Brain Dump Day
This morning we woke to the sound of our neighborhood transformer failing. I drowsed a bit, then realized that no electricity meant no coffee, and no computer! We enjoyed our cheerios and milk, I took a bath while the hot Continue reading Ah the Modern Life